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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the major 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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