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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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