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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting 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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