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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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