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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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