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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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