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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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