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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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