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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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