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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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