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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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