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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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