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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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