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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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