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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the 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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