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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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