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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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