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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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