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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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