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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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