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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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