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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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