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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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