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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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