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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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