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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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