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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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