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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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