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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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