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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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