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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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