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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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