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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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