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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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