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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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