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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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