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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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