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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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