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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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