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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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