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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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