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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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