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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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