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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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