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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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