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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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