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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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