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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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