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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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