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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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