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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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