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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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