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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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