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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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