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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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