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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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