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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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