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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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