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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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