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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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