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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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