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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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