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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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