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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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