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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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