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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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