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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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