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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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