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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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