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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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