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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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