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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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