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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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