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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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