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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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