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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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