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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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