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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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