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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major 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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