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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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