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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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