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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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