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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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