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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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