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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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