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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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