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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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