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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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