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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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