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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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