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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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