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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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