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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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