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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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