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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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