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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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