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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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