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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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