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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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