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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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