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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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