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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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