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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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