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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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