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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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