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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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