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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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