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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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