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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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