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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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