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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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