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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the 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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