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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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