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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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