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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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