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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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