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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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