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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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