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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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