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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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