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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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