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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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