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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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