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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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