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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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