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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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