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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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