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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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