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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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