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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. The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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