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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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