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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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