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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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