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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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