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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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