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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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