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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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