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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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