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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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