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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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