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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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