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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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