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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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