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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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