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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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