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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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