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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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