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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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