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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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