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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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