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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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