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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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