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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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