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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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