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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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