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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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