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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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