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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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