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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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