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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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