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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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