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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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