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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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