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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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