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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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