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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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