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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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