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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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