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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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