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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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