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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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