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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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