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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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