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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores 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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