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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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