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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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