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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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