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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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