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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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