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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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