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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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