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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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