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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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