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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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