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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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