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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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