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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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