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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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