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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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