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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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