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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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