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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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