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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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