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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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