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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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