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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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