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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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