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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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