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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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