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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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