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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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