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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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