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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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