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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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