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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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