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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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