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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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