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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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