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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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