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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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