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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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