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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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