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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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