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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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