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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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