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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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