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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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