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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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