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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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