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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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