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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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