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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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