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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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