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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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