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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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