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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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