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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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