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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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