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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers 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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