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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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