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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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