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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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