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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines 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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