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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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