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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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