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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches 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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