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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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