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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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