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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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