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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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