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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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