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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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