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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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