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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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