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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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