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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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