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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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