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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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