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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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