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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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