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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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