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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 (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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