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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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