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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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