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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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