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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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