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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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