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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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