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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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