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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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