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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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