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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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