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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies 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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