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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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