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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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