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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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