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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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