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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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