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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches 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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