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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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