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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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