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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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