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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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