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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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