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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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