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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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