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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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