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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts 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 researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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