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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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