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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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