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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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