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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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