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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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