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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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