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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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