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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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