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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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