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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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