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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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