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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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