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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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