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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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