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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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