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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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