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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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