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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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