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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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