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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses 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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