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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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