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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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