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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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