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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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