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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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