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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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