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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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