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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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