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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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