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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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