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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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