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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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