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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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