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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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