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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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