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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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