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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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