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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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