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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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