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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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