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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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