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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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