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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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