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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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