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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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