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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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