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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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