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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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