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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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