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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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