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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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