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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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