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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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