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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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