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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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