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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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