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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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