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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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