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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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