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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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