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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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