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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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