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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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