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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major 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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