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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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