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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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