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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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