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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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