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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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