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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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