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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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