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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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