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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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