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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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