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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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