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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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