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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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