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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key 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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