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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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