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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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