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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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