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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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