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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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