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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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