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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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