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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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