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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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