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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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