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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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