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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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