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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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