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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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