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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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