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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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