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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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