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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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