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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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