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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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