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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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