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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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