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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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