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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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