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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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