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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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