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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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