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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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