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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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