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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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