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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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