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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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