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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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