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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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