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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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