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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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