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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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