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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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