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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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