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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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