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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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