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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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