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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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