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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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