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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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