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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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