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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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