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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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