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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major 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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