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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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