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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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