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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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