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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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