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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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