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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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