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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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