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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key 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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