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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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