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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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