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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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