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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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