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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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