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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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