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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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