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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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