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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers 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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