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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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