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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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