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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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