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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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