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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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