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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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