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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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