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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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