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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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