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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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