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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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