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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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