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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines 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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