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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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