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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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