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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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