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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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