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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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