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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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