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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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