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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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