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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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