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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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