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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are enabling learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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