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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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