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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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