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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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