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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major 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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