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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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