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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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