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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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