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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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