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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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