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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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