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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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