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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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