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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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