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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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