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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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