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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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