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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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