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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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