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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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