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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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