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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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