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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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