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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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