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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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