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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key 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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