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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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