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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. 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 customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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