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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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