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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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