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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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