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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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