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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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