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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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