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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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