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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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