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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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