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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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