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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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