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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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