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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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