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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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