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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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