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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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