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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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