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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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