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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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