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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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