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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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