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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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