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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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