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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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