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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing 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 issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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