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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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