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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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