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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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