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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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