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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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