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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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