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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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