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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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