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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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