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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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