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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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