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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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