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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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