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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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